Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-23
Movement to Consolidate the Southern
California Railroad Lines


California Railroad Lines.
Los ANGELES, April 22d.-C. w. Smith.
First Vice-President and General Manager
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa ne
Rallroad; w +. White, General Ticket
and Passenger Agent, and Albert w. Nick
erson, arrived with party last night by
special train. They are here to attend
the stockholders meeting, preparatory to
consolidating the Santa Fe's and eight
southern California lines into one system.
which will be known as the California
Central, and will go into effect about June
lst. Meetings were held here to-day by
the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley
Railroad and San Bernardino and San
Diego Railroad. Meetings will be held at
San Bernardino tomorrow by the San Ber-
nardlno and Los Angeles Railroad, the San
Bernardino Valley Railroad, the San
Jacinto Valley Railroad, and the Riverside,
Santa Ana and Los Angeles Railroad and
at San Diego on Saturday by the San Diego
Central Railroad. This deal does not in
ciude the California Southern Railroad. It
is expected that the San Gabriel Valley
and San Bernardiuio and Los Angeles
Railroads will be brought to junction by
the evening of the 9th.
Mr.. Smith being asked, 'Is there any
truth IN the rumor that your company will
extend your main line TO San Fraucisco2"
replied as follows: e" None at all. We
have not even contemplated such move.
With the Southern Pacific COMPANY the
Santa Fe road has q contract by which the
former agrees to carry our freight and pas
sengers TO San Francisco over its rails. The
lie OF tins contract is twenty-iv years. If
we wished to Withdraw, we should have
hrst to give the Southern people three
years notice Of our determination to do so.
The advantages We enjoy under this con-
tract are fully as great as those we might
ENJOY did We operate q line of our own to
San Francisco. There is no truth in the
report that we are TO build to San Fran
cisco; neither is the report true that we
nave given, or contemplate to give, the
Southern Pacific Company the required
notice that We will withdraw from the
twenty five years compact entered into by
them and ourselves
Formidable Petition.
SAN FRAEcIsoo, April 22d.-The follow
ing petition, selfexplanatory, was wired to
Washington this morning, the signatures
OF htty business firms to which were OBJ
tanned in two hours. Ga If | had had time
said California-street merchant, ' could
have obtained 5000 signatures -
To the Honorable Board Of Interstate Commerce
CVpsmtsst0nerS: The undersigned, merchants
of this city, learning that at this present time
representatives Oh LIle several traIlScOntinGutal
railroads terminating on this coaet aie petition
ing you for a suspension of long and short haul
clause OF the Interstate Commerce Act during a
period OF time sufficient TO enable YOU to make
an investigation with the view of deciding
whether or not such suspension shall be perma-
nent, dom most earnestly request that you grant
such petition, as under the present condition of
Affairs our business is affected By the execution
or the above clause.
A Rumored Strike"
SAN Francisco, April 22d-A. n. Towne,
General Manager of the Southern Pacific
Company, sent the following dispatch to
the Associated Press to-day, regarding the
reported trouble with the railroad employees
at Tucson There was q slight misunder-
standing with the brakemen at Tucson as
to what constituted q days work, but all
has been satisfactorily explained and trains
are moving on time"
Joined the Other Grand Army
CHICO, April 22d.-An elderly man
named ]. B. Fox finished his days work
at o'clock on the Rancho Chico and made
preparations to 20 home, when he fell
down, gave three gasps and expired. He
was an active, industrious member of Hal
leck Post, G. A. L. He was making cal
culations for enjoying a good time at the
Encampment which takes place here next
week.